{"id":623,"date":"2022-02-15T07:54:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T07:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=623"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:40:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:40:39","slug":"friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Friendship-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Friendship-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Friendship-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Friendship-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">I wrote this poem for a dear friend who I have known for many years.\u00a0 I feel blessed to have known her all this time.\u00a0 For, as much as life has changed throughout the years, we have managed to maintain a connection that has lasted through it all.\u00a0 What is amazing to me about a true, lasting friendship, is that no matter how much time has passed, whenever you see each other you can just pick up where you left off.\u00a0 With these friendships, you don\u2019t need to be a part of every aspect of their life in order to know what they are going through \u2013 you understand their thoughts and feelings without them having to explain.\u00a0 And whether you bridge the gap of time and distance in person, over the phone, or through a letter, you know that they will be there for you anytime that you need them.\u00a0 This poem is dedicated to those faithful few who know my true heart and have trusted me with theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Friendship<\/strong>\r\nBy Krista Longeway\r\n\r\nIn life we all travel our own journey,\r\nEach following our own winding pathway\r\nThat twists and turns throughout hill and valley,\r\nWith skies sometimes sunny and sometimes gray.\r\n\r\nYour path and mine have crossed many a time\r\nIn different places throughout the years.\r\nThere were times when your path ran beside mine,\r\nWe walked side by side and were always near.\r\n\r\nYet life often changes in unforeseen ways,\r\nIts journey not one we can fully plan. \r\nAnd paths have a way of drifting some days,\r\nThen crossing again far from where we began.\r\n\r\nAnd even though distance may separate\r\nOne meandering path from another,\r\nThere are always ways that we can create\r\nA bridge reaching from one to the other. \r\n\r\nAnytime you are in need of a friend,\r\nA listening ear or encouraging smile,\r\nI can always be found around the bend\r\nEven if it has been a long while.\r\n\r\nFor in this life we have both joy and strife,\r\nAnd sometimes you and I live far apart.\r\nYet of all the people I know in life,\r\nI believe that you still know my true heart. \r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this poem for a dear friend who I have known for many years.\u00a0 I feel blessed to have known her all this time.\u00a0 For, as much as life has changed throughout the years, we have managed to maintain a connection that has lasted through it all.\u00a0 What is amazing to me about a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[12,13],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friends-and-family","category-uncategorized","tag-friendship","tag-poetry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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